Friday, July 30, 2010

Guess what we're working on this weekend?

About a month ago, Justin and I ordered more replacement windows for the house. We've slowly replaced six of the twenty-four existing windows over the past year (Justin's room and living room, master bedroom). Two of the existing windows are "new" so we won't need to replace them. We were notified about two weeks after placing the order that the windows were ready for pick up. We had some things going on and really had no place to store the windows so Home Depot was nice enough to store them for us for a couple of weeks.

The previous windows got to ride in the Honda and we had to make multiple trips for the windows in Justin's room. Due to us ordering eight windows this time, we decided to rent a truck from Home Depot. It was actually simple, but we did have to wander around the store for a little while until a truck became available. Once we signed the paperwork, we had some help loading the truck and we were on our way. We did borrow a broom so we could sweep out the sand from the bed of the truck. I think one of the previous renters took the truck to the beach.



The windows are chilling out in the living room (one is in the hallway) until they get installed. I should have pictures of the installations so check back in a few days. I seriously doubt we'll have all eight windows installed this weekend, but we do plan to tackle a few.

This time, we ordered picture windows to replace the picture windows in the kitchen/den and the sunroom. We've only installed windows with movable sashes in the past, so we're a little interested to see how the picture windows install. The employees we've talked with at Home Depot have faith in us and have assured us the picture window installation is as simple as the others. We'll see.
The picture windows are the big ones on the right side of the photo below. They are heavy and big.

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